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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Acting Corporal James Hughes was married and the father of three young daughters when he enlisted in 1915. He was wounded at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 and he served in Great Britain for the rest of the war, returning to Canada in July 1919. James was born in Duntocher, Dunbartonshire, Scotland… Read More »
In the 15 August 1914 edition of the Kenora Miner and News, the name of Fred Fancher appeared on the list of recent volunteers for the 1st Continent for duty overseas. His identity and service could not be found. It is possible that Fred McLellan Fansher (#231519) was this Fred Rancher, later enlisting in April… Read More »
Private Angus Auguste Dion was the son of Ferdinand (Frank) Joseph Dion and Emilie Michaud. Ferdinand and Emilie were both born in Quebec. By the early 1880s they were married and living in the Keewatin/Rat Portage area in northwestern Ontario, where Ferdinand worked in a sawmill. They had at least eight children: Wilfred (1883), Josephine… Read More »
Private Henry Eddy was living in the Keewatin area in northwestern Ontario when he was called up for service on 17 April 1918. He was classed as a defaulter, having failed to register under the Military Service Act the previous fall. According to his recruitment paper, he was born on 6 December 1891 in ‘Rovanary’… Read More »
Murdoch (Murdo) Nicolson was born on February 26, 1890 in Inverness Scotland. His father, John Nicolson, was a shepherd. His mother’s forename was Kristina/Christie (nee Nicolson). Siblings included: Donald (b. 1880), Archie (b. 1881), Rachel (b. 1884), Hugh (b. 1889), John (b. 1900) and Alexander (b. 1901). When Murdoch immigrated to Canada in April of… Read More »
Emil Andreas Andersson was born on 28 December 1891 in Avesta, Kopparberg (also known as Dalarna), Sweden. His father Anders (Andrew) Andersson was from Hedemora, Kopparberg while his mother Anna Karin (Jansdotter) Jansson was from Grytnäs, Kopparberg where the couple married on 9 July 1883. First settling in Hedemora, they gave birth to children Anna… Read More »
According to his attestation papers, John Casimer Metail was born on 29 August 1897 in Norman, Ontario, a village just west of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. His father Joseph Metail was from Saint-Jeures, Haute-Loire, France while his mother Anne Charlotte Crepet was from nearby Chambon-Feugerolles, Loire where the couple married on 30 October 1893. The… Read More »
Leslie Stephen Morley was born on 30 April 1899 in Virden, Manitoba. His parents Samuel Edward Morley and Mary Jane Williams, both of their families farming in nearby Watt, had married in Bracebridge, Ontario on 16 August 1881. The couple were to farm in Watt where children Robert Edward (1882), Catherine Ann (1884), Hannah Jane… Read More »
George John Millership was born on 21 May 1890 in Causeway Green, Worcestershire, England. His parents George and Selina (née Brown) Millership had married during the third quarter of 1887 in King’s Norton, Worcestershire. By the 1891 census the family was living in nearby Cakemore, Worcestershire where father George was working as an engineer. Household… Read More »
Private Henry Walters enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in November 1915, at age 17, and served for three years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. Henry was born on 9 September 1898 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. His parents, Frederick Walters and Emily Golding, were married in Birmingham in 1895 and their first six children were… Read More »
